Management Team

Michael Omeros - Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Michael is a co-founder and the Managing Director of the Company.

Michael has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and IT services sectors, and graduated from QUT in 1994 with a Bachelor of Engineering – Electronics (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of IT (with Distinction).

Prior to Over the Wire, Michael held a Senior Management role at GBST, worked for Zurich Insurance in the UK and founded Celentia which now forms part of Over the Wire.

Brent Paddon - Executive Director

Brent is a co-founder and Director of the Company.

Brent has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications and IT services sectors and graduated from QUT in 1996 with a Bachelor of IT. He also completed a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from QUT in 2008.

Prior to Over the Wire, Brent held a senior management role at WebCentral, worked for Pipe Networks and founded Brisbane Internet Technology, which was sold to Asia Online.

Mike Stabb - Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary

Mike was appointed CFO and Company Secretary in 2012.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants with over 20 years of experience, and graduated with Distinction from QUT in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business (Accy & BusLaw).

Prior to Over the Wire, Mike worked for Deutsche Bank in London and on Wall Street, and held CFO and senior finance roles in the property, radio communications and banking industries in Australia.

Ben Cornish - Chief Operating Officer

Ben was appointed General Manager – Voice and Data in 2012 and has recently been promoted to COO.

He has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications sector, specifically around running data communications networks and managing 24x7 Network Operations Centres.

Prior to Over the Wire, Ben was Practice Manager for the Voice & Data business at Brennan IT and Operations Manager at Iexec.